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成日
seng4 jat6
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[1] whole day; all day long. Mandarin: 整天 [2] all the time; always; constantly; frequently; often Mandarin: 常常 Level: 2 Google Frequency: 381,000 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:成 sing4 seng4 - completed; finished; fixed日 jat6 - sun; day |
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Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 成日 
佢成日掛住去浦，唔想返學或者上堂 粵
He'd rather go out to drink and smoke than go to school or classes [Lit. He always miss go play, not want return school or attend-class Less idiomatically: He misses going out, he doesn't want to go to school or classes 浦 is similar to 玩 but less wholesome.]
小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢 粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation. [Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)] |
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